earth to us

Growing up in Commerce City, Colorado, 21-year-old climate activist Alessandra Chavira remembers always adhering to one specific rule: Don’t drink the tap water. “Nobody in Commerce City drinks it,” says Chavira, who identifies as Chicana.…

“This could change the whole look of New York—the extra five cents,” said actor Justin Long, who attended the event. Long might be best known for his star-turn run in Apple’s “I’m a Mac guy” commercials and roles in comedies such as He’s…

Last year, from June until October, Pakistan endured a devastating flood that the country is still recovering from, impacting the lives of more than 10 million people and leading to a reported death toll of 1,486, including more than 500…

It is called the Bahía de los Sueños—the Bay of Dreams—and it doesn’t take long to understand why. We arrive at dawn when the water laps the shores softly, when the wind blows gently, when the tide is delicate, and when the fishermen are…

I grew up on my great-grandfather’s ranch in Santa Clara, California, but I don’t think I ever thought about it as a place that was “wild” in those days, even if I essentially lived outside for so much of my childhood. But really, my sense…

Victor-Alan and Jennifer at St. Luke Baptist Church. Photographed by Carlos Jaramillo; Styled by Marcus CorreaPreparing for the Culture Day Festival was an experience that left Weeks and Thompson asking what else they could do to help the…

Tsui’s book upends the idea that climate anxiety exists in a vacuum, instead considering it as a symptom of something deeper—a frustration and fatigue not only borne out of the global inequality Tsui’s generation faces, but also, on a more…

“I got injured right after we made ‘Ocean Eyes’”—the song Eilish uploaded to SoundCloud in 2015 that, as anyone who’s vaguely followed her career knows, started it all—“so, music kind of replaced dancing,” she says. Years of subsequent…

The brand unveiled its Frayme bag made from Mylo, an alternative leather made from mushroom roots, during its spring 2022 show in 2021.  Courtesy of Stella McCartneyAs well as backing new innovations in the field of sustainable textiles,…

With a name derived from the Lakota tribe’s historical Tokala Society—a group of warriors who showed bravery and leadership from a young age—Tokala is a photography series spotlighting the next generation of BIPOC climate activists. Here,…